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Internet Cruelty: Cyberbullying And Social Terrorism

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Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is bullying that has been made possible through technological products such as cellular phones and the World Wide Web. With the accessibility of free email services, a single child who is a suspect of cyberbullying can communicate with a cyberbullied victim using many identities and a lot of e-mail addresses. Cyberbullying is also called online social cruelty, and electronic bullying. A website that was dedicated to educating parents about cyberbullying called it social terror by technology. Diane Sawyer referred to cyber bullying as an “emotional wielding” and “going for the emotional jugular.” Cyberbullying includes the use of email, instant messaging, Web pages, blogs, chat rooms or discussion groups, digital …show more content…

Cyber-attacks use malicious code to alter computer, logic or data, resulting in disruptive results that can adjust data and lead to cybercrimes. Cyber-attacks lead to difficulties such as identity theft, fraud, malware, pharming, phishing, stolen hardware, breach of access, Trojans and viruses, password and sniffing, system infiltration, website defacement, private and public web browser exploits, instant messaging abuse, intellectual property theft or unauthorized access.(

Cyber terrorism

The potential threat posed by cyber terrorism has exasperated considerable alarm. Numerous security experts, politicians, and others have brought the danger of cyber terrorists hacking into government and private computer systems and crippling the military, financial, and service sectors of advanced economies to the public. The potential threat is very startling. Despite all the predictions, no single instance of real cyber terrorism has been recorded. Psychological, political, and economic forces have combined to promote the fear of cyberterrorism

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Media for social intercommunication allows for people to communicate and engage with information that is quickly approachable on the internet. In modern society there is a growing number of internet users so social media has become more popular in daily patterns and routines. The communication that happens online promotes interactive dialogues that build understanding of different points of view. People have the opportunity to express their opinions to the public and participate in conversations and dialogue through a common virtual

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